Strengthening the role of the backbencher and making better use of non-legislative time: Professor Robert Blackburn, School of Law, King's College London, Professor Philip Cowley, School of Politics & Public Relations, University of Nottingham, and Professor Lord Norton of Louth, Professor of Government, University of Hull; Dr Philip Giddings, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading, Gemma Rosenblatt, Hansard Society, and Professor Michael Rush, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Exeter gave oral evidence.